Full Description
Powerful behavioral interventions to help your students succeed
Behavioral problems can disrupt learning for the whole classroom if not managed properly, which is often a matter of frustrating trial and error. Just in time, this must-have guide brings you essential strategies to improve student learning by supporting good behavior rather than punishing bad behavior.
In Fifteen Positive Behavior Strategies to Increase Academic Success, Beverley Johns draws on forty years of experience working with the most challenging students to deliver a set of fifteen practical intervention techniques that can be applied to virtually any situation in both pull-out and inclusive classrooms.
Backed by research and case studies, each chapter is brief and to-the-point with a focus on one specific behavioral intervention technique. Insights include
Incorporating student interests in classroom activities
Understanding why the student is misbehaving to plan an appropriate intervention
Understanding how stimulation impacts performance
With these proven tactics, you'll be able to act quickly, equitably, and effectively to ensure your classroom isn't held back by problem behavior.
"Well-researched and well-written, this book will be treasured by anyone working with children and adolescents. How I wish this book had been available thirty-six years ago when I started my teaching career!" —Joyce Sager, Special Education Teacher
Gadsden City Schools, Alabama
"This is your go-to guide for positive behavior interventions that will energize instruction and learning for all students!"
—Renee Bernhardt, Educational Specialist
Cherokee County School District, Canton, Georgia
Contents
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Introduction
1. Attributions
2. Behavior Momentum
3. Behavior Interspersal
4. Behavior-Specific Praise
5. Supportive Proximity Control
6. Interest-Based Interventions
7. Premack Principle
8. Choices
9. Response Cards
10. Differential Reinforcement of Other Behavior
11. Fading
12. Function-Based Strategies
13. Strength-Based Strategies
14. Sensory-Based Strategies
15. Student Self-Monitoring
Conclusion
References
Index
